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SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES..DATE/TIME 07/21/07 0406Z
SATELLITE ANALYSIS BRANCH/NESDIS---NPPU---TEL.301-763-8678
LATEST DATA USED: G11  0341Z  CK
NOAA AMSU: 0000Z PASS
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LOCATION...HAWAII...
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ATTN WFOS...HFO...
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EVENT...HVY SHOWERS ASSOCD WITH TD COSME
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SATELLITE ANALYSIS AND TRENDS...GOES IR IMAGERY BEGAN TO SHOW COOLING
CONVECTIVE CLOUD TOPS E OF THE BIG ISLAND AROUND 00Z. SINCE THAT
TIME..TOPS HAVE CONTINUED TO COOL WHILE MOVG WWD AND SPREADING ACRS THE
ERN AND SE PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND. 0341Z IMAGE SHOWS CLOUD TOPS HAVE
REACHED THEIR COOLEST LEVEL THUS FAR..-54C INVOF PHTO. VIS IMAGERY
HAS BEGUN TO SHOW OVERSHOOTING TOPS INVOF PHTO AND INVOF CENTRAL/S
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND. THIS IS INDICATIVE OF INCRG RAIN
RATES. 0353Z OBS FM PHTO INDICATED 1.49" IN THAT HOUR. BASED ON LATEST
STLT TREDNS..COULD SEE SOME SPOTS PICKING UP 2" OR MORE IN AN HOUR.
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THE CNVTN IS WELL N OF THE CIRC CENTER..BUT PW'S IN EXCESS OF 2" EXTEND
AS FAR N AS MAUI AND AS FAR E AS 150W. GOES VIS IMAGERY SHOWS ADDITIONAL
SHOWERS WELL TO THE E AND SE OF THE BIG ISLAND..WITH GOES LL STLT WINDS
SHOWING E AND SERLY WIND VECTORS. THIS SUGGESTS THAT ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
WILL BE ADVECTED TO ERN/SERN SECTIONS OF THE BIG ISLAND OVERNIGHT.
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ACCOMPANYING GRAPHIC TO THIS SPENES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEB PAGE
IN APPX 10 MINUTES.  SEE ADDRESS BELOW.
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SEE NCEP HPC DISCUSSION AND QPF/S FOR FORECAST.
....NESDIS IS A MEMBER OF 12 PLANET....
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SSD/SAB WEB ADDRESS FOR PRECIP ESTIMATES:
HTTP://WWW.SSD.NOAA.GOV/PS/PCPN/
...ALL LOWER CASE EXCEPT /PS/PCPN/
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LAT...LON 2160 15281 1857 15358 1796 15693 2115 15731
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